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BEIJING, May 26 (Reuters) - China has developed vaccines that block the spread of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu among birds and mammals, Xinhua news agency reported, as scientists in the west warned of a possible global pandemic killing millions.

Scientists fear that avian flu, which is infectious in birds but does not spread easily among humans, could mutate into a form more capable of passing from animals to people.

The H5N1 strain first surfaced in poultry in Hong Kong and China eight years ago and has killed 37 people in Vietnam, 12 in Thailand and four in Cambodia.

Global health officials fear it could mutate into a strain that could rival the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic that killed between 20 and 40 million people.

"Experiments show the efficiency rate of the newly developed vaccines in preventing infection by the H5N1 virus is 100 percent," Chen Hualan, director of the China National Bird Flu Reference Laboratory, was quoted as saying in an overnight report.

China's Ministry of Agriculture had given its approval, and a sales permit, for the vaccines, Xinhua said, without mentioning whether the treatments had been evaluated outside the country.

The agency said supplies of the new vaccines had already been sent to far-flung western Qinghai province, where China has been scrambling to contain its first breakout since late 2004 after 178 geese were found dead of the H5N1 virus on May 4.

The new vaccines also prevented the spread of avian flu from migratory birds to waterfowl, which could easily pass the disease to domesticated birds, Xinhua said.

China was willing to provide technical anti-epidemic support to other countries and poultry farms in Vietnam had begun experimenting with the Chinese vaccines, it said.

"Time is running out to prepare for the next pandemic," said Michael Osterholm, of the University of Minnesota, on Wednesday in a special section of the journal Nature devoted to avian flu.

"There is a critical need for comprehensive medical and non-medical pandemic planning at the ground level that goes beyond what has been considered so far."

Scientists say any bird flu pandemic will likely start in Asia and could kill many millions.

New influenza strains have caused pandemics in the past, most recently in 1956-1957 and 1967-1968, killing a combined 4.5 million people.

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China Reports 2 New Cases of Bird Flu in Humans
By VOA News
25 February 2006


Chinese state media report two new human cases of bird flu, affecting one girl and one woman in separate eastern provinces.

Citing a Health Ministry statement, Xinhua news agency Saturday says a nine-year-old girl and a 26-year-old woman tested positive for the deadly H5N1 virus. The two are hospitalized in critical condition.

Indonesian Agricultural Ministry officials collect specimen from pet bird during door to door inspection, Saturday
Indonesian Agricultural Ministry officials collect specimen from pet bird during door to door inspection, Saturday

Meanwhile, Indonesia says laboratory tests have confirmed that a 27-year-old woman who died Monday in Jakarta had the virus.

Officials say 20 people in Indonesia have died of bird flu since July.

In Europe, French President Jacques Chirac urged citizens not to panic after confirmation of the deadly H5N1 strain at a turkey farm near Lyon. In comments at an agricultural show in Paris, He said there is no danger in consuming well cooked poultry or eggs.

But an official of the country's agricultural union expressed concern the development will hurt French exports.

Elsewhere, scientists in Hong Kong are conducting further tests on a dead magpie suspected of having H5N1. New cases in birds were also discovered in Germany and India.

Indian officials say the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus was found in chickens on a poultry farm in Utchal in Gujarat state. The area is very close to a region in Maharashtra state where bird flu was first reported a few days ago.

Officials say measures have been taken to prevent bird flu from spreading in the Utchal area.

Indian authorities have culled hundreds of thousands of birds in the Navapur area of Maharashtra to stamp out the virus, and there are no reports of humans being infected so far.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.

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May be the Chinese govt is saving the so called magic drug for its commie leaders?? But I'm glad that they atleast accept these cases now.

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China may have more avian flu this spring, leader warns

Robert Roos * News Editor

Mar 2, 2006 (CIDRAP News) – China's vice premier said today that China may see more bird outbreaks and human cases of avian influenza this spring, as the government announced plans for an intensive hunt for cases among wild birds on a major migration route, according to news services.

The news from China came as Germany confirmed that a cat was infected with the deadly H5N1 virus and Serbia reported its first suspected avian flu case in a wild bird, among other developments.

In China, Vice Premier Hui Liangyu said a "comprehensive analysis" indicates that the country is at risk for more trouble with avian flu this spring, according to an Associated Press (AP) story based on a report from the Chinese news agency Xinhua. Hui heads the national office for preventing and controlling the disease, the story said.

In an Agence France-Press (AFP) report, Hui was quoted as saying, "This spring, there is still a possibility that bird flu will erupt and spread in China." Speaking at a national teleconference, he added, "There is still a risk that the number of human cases will continue to increase."

To at least one expert, the Chinese statement sounded like a hint that avian flu in China is more widespread than the government has been acknowledging.

"Many of us believe that this type of discussion by someone as high as the vice premier really indicates that this situation is already occurring," said Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH, director of the University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, publisher of the CIDRAP Web site.

"You don't see these kinds of statements coming out of the government of China very often," he added.

Osterholm said he has been told there is more avian flu in China than has been reported publicly. "I can't say the sources, but there are more [human] cases going on in China than have been released and reported to the World Health Organization. Also, there's information from a variety of sources suggesting the level of bird infections is substantially higher than is being reported."

He said his information came from "sources on the ground in China as well as other informed government sources."

Osterholm added that China and the rest of Asia are still the place where avian flu poses the biggest risk of sparking a human influenza pandemic. "While the spread of the virus around the world is an important consideration, the potential for the ongoing mutation of the virus toward a human-to-human transmitted strain is probably more likely where the high virus density and high bird population exist, and that's in China and the rest of Asia."

He said that all of Africa has fewer than a billion chickens, whereas China produces 15 billion a year. "That's where the genetic roulette table for mutations is," he said.

The AP report from China said the government is setting up an avian flu surveillance system in the eastern province of Jiangsu to focus on wild birds. The system will consist of 100 monitoring stations staffed by 1,000 workers throughout the province.

Experts estimate that about 3 million migratory birds will fly to Jiangsu in the next 2 months and that another 5 million birds will pass through, according to the Xinhua story cited by the AP.

"Inspectors will check dead birds and test droppings, and any sign of bird flu will trigger an emergency response," the AP reported.

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